gippo
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
An alteration of gypsy, which is in turn an alteration of Egyptian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gippo (countable and uncountable, plural gippos or gippoes)
- (British, offensive, slang) A Gypsy.
- (British, offensive, slang, rare) An Egyptian.
- (British, military, slang, uncountable) Gravy.
- 2006, George H. Coward, Coward's War:
- He had his “dinner” in his canteen and placed it on the ground to go and “scrounge” a chunk of bread to help “fill up”, and as soon as he turned his back a dog walked in at the door of the barn, where we were “in residence” as they say “higher up”, [only we “flew no flag”], and started lapping up some of the “gippo”, [gravy] of which the said dinner was composed [in fact 'twas more “gippo” than dinner that day, so who could blame a dog for being mistaken].
- 2006, Mildred Joan Tulip, My experiences as a VAD nurse:
- They were always asking for ‘more gippo’ (gravy) which we got for them if we could.
- Short for gyppo logger.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Swedish: jippo
Translations edit
Gypsy — see Gypsy
Egyptian — see Egyptian
References edit
- (gypsy; Egyptian): Tony Thorne (2014) “gippo”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London, […]: Bloomsbury
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